The Roman Catholic Church and the Principle of Self-Determination: A Case Study in Mozambique

1981 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-335
Author(s):  
L. B. Serapiao
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Roman Catholic Church

“In My Modest Cell I am Not a Rebel”

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Angela Berlis
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Ethical Action ◽  
Role Of Religion

The contribution explores the question of how people react to situations and experiences of transition and radical change which have a major impact on their own lives. What kind of mindset do they develop in the process, who are their role models and how do they overcome spiritual hardship and marginalisation? The life and work of Charlotte Lady Blennerhassett, née Countess Leyden (1843–1917), serves as a case-study showing how learned liberal Catholics – in this case a lay noblewoman – dealt with their spiritual homelessness in the post-1870 ultramontanised Roman Catholic Church. Blennerhassett’s historical biographies reveal an interest in people in situations of threshold and transition. Through her writings on historical and cultural issues, Blennerhassett addressed topics as freedom, reconciliation of peoples and nations and ethical action. For her, the role of religion in this context was evident. The writings of Charlotte Blennerhassett, “the last European” (as she was described in obituaries), contributed to saving the non-ultramontane heritage from oblivion.

scholarly journals When Catholicism meets the EU: it’s not always Euroenthusiasm

Politologia ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 25-45
Author(s):  
Simona Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Communist Countries ◽  
The Eu

This paper examines why, when and how Catholicism adopts a Eurosceptic narrative and whether religious Euroscepticism can emerge in post-communist countries, also comparing how the narrative changed before and after accession. The scope is threefold: (i) first, it seeks to provide an in-depth study on Catholicism and European integration. While religionhas generally been considered as supportive of a positive attitude toward the European Union (EU), this analysis shows it can also become an element of Euroscepticism; (ii) second, it focuses on the case study of Poland, using CBOS and PNES data; and (iii) third, it suggests an original framework, and explores, from a comparative perspective, when and how the Roman Catholic Church (or a branch thereof) has sought an alliance with a political party.

scholarly journals Humor hos to norske dominikanerpatre

Ingen spøk ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 241-256
Author(s):  
Olav Hovdelien
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Dominican Order ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The Catholic Church

For many decades Catholics remained a small, alien and somewhat unnoticed minority in Norway. Beginning in the 1950s, however, Catholicism became somewhat intellectually acceptable in academic circles, often in response to what was seen as the narrow-mindedness of Lutheranism, and as a result the Catholic Church gained a stronger foothold in Norway. In addition, shifting generations of Dominicans have influenced Norwegian society and public life with a self-ironic and open style of communication. Catholics currently represent one of the largest religious minorities in Norway, with a total membership of approximately 157,000 in a country with ca. 5.3 million inhabitants. This chapter presents a case study that includes a discussion on how humor is mediated by two distinguished representatives of the Dominican order in Norway who are also well known in the Norwegian media: Pater Kjell Arild Pollestad and Pater Arnfinn Haram. The two priests have published widely in books, newspaper columns and blogs, and both of them have been central representatives in different ways for Catholicism and the Roman Catholic Church in the Norwegian public sphere.

scholarly journals The Life of a Provincial Musician in Late Nineteenth-Century New Zealand: A Case Study of Joseph Higham in Hawera

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Jane
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Professional Musicians ◽  
Late Nineteenth

There has been little research into musical endeavour in small rural New Zealand townships during the late nineteenth century. This article explores the life of Joseph Higham, one of the first professional musicians to settle long term in Hawera. It surveys his wide-ranging musical activities in and around Hawera, including his relationship with the Roman Catholic Church. The work, influence and outcomes of provincial musicians are compared to musicians working in the larger cities; while the reduced scale of amateur activities resulting from a smaller and more widespread population is notable, the general quality and professionalism of teaching is similar.

Popes, Saints, Beato Bones and other Images at War

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-364
Author(s):  
Kristin Norget
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Moral Authority ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Peripheral Populations ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Catholic History ◽  
Local Cultures

This article explores new political practices of the Roman Catholic Church by means of a close critical examination of the beatification of the Martyrs of Cajonos, two indigenous men from the Mexican village of San Francisco Cajonos, Oaxaca, in 2002. The Church’s new strategy to promote an upsurge in canonizations and beatifications forms part of a “war of images,” in Serge Gruzinski’s terms, deployed to maintain apparently peripheral populations within the Church’s central paternalistic fold of social and moral authority and influence, while at the same time as it must be seen to remain open to local cultures and realities. In Oaxaca and elsewhere, this ecclesiastical technique of “emplacement” may be understood as an attempt to engage indigenous-popular religious sensibilities and devotion to sacred images while at the same time implicitly trying to contain them, weaving their distinct local historical threads seamlessly into the fabric of a global Catholic history.

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